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Xie Lan 謝覽

Attested AD 502 - AD 513

Passages
20
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xie Lan as an administrator, aristocrat, official, and writer. This record brings together 20 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xie Lan 謝覽 Xie Lan
Courtesy name Jingdi 景滌 Jǐngdí
Personal name Lan Lǎn
Given name Lan Lǎn
Surname Xie Xiè
Personal name Xie Lan 謝覽 Xiè Lǎn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: in office / 官 · Age: Value: 37 · Reckoning: east-asian
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0124

Age

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kin of Xie Fei (謝朏)
    Kinship Term: brother's son / nephew / 弟子 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Xie Fu (謝綍)
  • Child of Xie Fu (謝綍)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Princess of Qiantang (錢唐公主)
    Kinship Term: married the princess / 尚公主 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
  • Child of Mother of Xie Lan (謝覽母)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Xie Han (謝罕)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Xie Ju (謝舉)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kinship Role: generations-in-personnel-bureau · Count: 3 · Note: from grandfather to grandson
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0116

Career and standing

  • Label: Gentleman of the Secretariat / 中書侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0144
  • Label: Imperial Son-in-law Commandant / 駙馬都尉 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0142
  • Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0115
  • Label: Director of the Palace Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: held
    Explicit · liangshu:037:s0003
  • Label: posthumous Director of the Palace Library / 贈中書令 · Action: bestowed
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0125

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: called incorrupt; compared to Wang Huainzu · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0123

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 15Volume 15: Xie Fei; Xie Lan · 16 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 37Volume 37: Xie Ju; He Jingrong · 4 passages